Uwarunkowania lokalizacyjne turystyki pielgrzymkowej w Słowacji - na przykładzie kalwarii i dróg krzyżowych

The article deals with destintions for pilgrimage in Slovakia; it includes a basic typology of pilgrimage destinations with characteristics of their hierarchic and spatial structure.Artykuł dotyczy uwarunkowań lokalizacyjnych turystyki pielgrzymkowej w Słowacji. Praca zawiera podstawową typologię miejscowości pielgrzymkowych, ocenę ich rangi oraz charakterystykę ich układów przestrzennych

Spatial polarity and spatial polarization in the context of supranational and national scales: regions of Visegrad countries after their accession to the EU

The paper focuses on the evaluation of some aspects of the spatial organization of economic development of regions in the V4 countries after their accession to the EU. It focuses on the confirmation or confutation of the application of two principles of spatial organization based on the context of polarization theories, namely the polarity between western and eastern regions (i.e. the West– East gradient) and the polarity between the capital and other regions of the country (i.e. the national metropolitan gradient) at national and supranational levels. In the evaluation of the spatial polarity, the remoteness of various regions of the V4 countries from the economic core area (the Blue Banana, respectively the capital of the country) acts as the independent variable, whereby two economic indicators, i.e. the average monthly wage and the unemployment rate were chosen as the dependent variables. The analysis showed that on the supranational scale of the research in the monitored period, the increase of spatial polarisation was recorded. The increasing role of the West–East gradient and declining role of the national metropolitan gradient in the dynamics of spatial polarity has also been confirmed. The analysis has not confirmed the scale shift of polarity according to the West–East gradient to the national level, but at the same time it has pointed out the significant influence of the national metropolitan gradient in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary at this assessment level

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The impact of suburbanisation in the hinterland od Prešov (Slovakia)

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Spoločenská relevancia a budovanie značky geografie

The relevance of any scientific discipline specifies its position in the context of other scientific disciplines, which are, nowadays, competing intensively for limited financial resources. The question of relevance can become a question of survival and further development. In this article we conceptualize the social relevance of geography, we also present possibilities concerning a comlex policy for the relevance of geography by branding.335

Quality of life of Roma community in the Levoča city

The Slovak republic belongs to the most ethnically diverse countries in the central and eastern Europe. Based on the 2001 census it is evident that there are members of 17 different nationalities living in this country. The Romany community is the second largest national minority (preceded by Hungarians); and if the present natality trend continues they could become the majority population by 2060. There is a presumption that the highest number of Romanies, as high as 2 millions, live in Romania. Another most numerous Roma minorities are in Hungary and Bulgaria (about 800 000, MICHAELI a kol. 2002). The Romanies are a specific group of people when considering various aspects including the European origin and absence of a state domicile. The Romany population is a specific ethnic group presenting a community that is distant from the majority community with a different level of integration of individual groups with the majority community. (MATLOVIČ, 2005)